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We do have incorrect reports as part of the the "As it Happened" experience. The reports of a car bomb at the State Dept is a great example and is included. A
by graniter 11y ago
We do have incorrect reports as part of the the "As it Happened" experience. The reports of a car bomb at the State Dept is a great example and is included.
A lot of 9/11 commemoration now is all done in hindsight, but like you said, in reality it was very confusing, little information, conflicting and erroneous reports, and most of the information came from TV news. Websites weren't as social or robust.
So to actually "replay" that day by getting realtime texts on your own phone throws you back to that day more than commemoration programs do IMO.
There is also a "Hindsight" perspective on the site you can choose which will notify you when Flight 11 takes off, when Cheney left to go to the bunker, etc. which gives another interesting perspective of the events.
There's something different about getting the events realtime that is just "new." We typically read summaries or view edited clips. Realtime info, over the day, is really something that hasn't been done before.